The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has called on Congress to support nonprofit organizations and particular categories of vulnerable Americans in the next coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package.

GuideStone Financial Resources has created a resource to answer questions that churches and other non-profit organizations -- and their employees -- may have about how the recently passed CARES Act affects those employed in a ministry setting.

By Roy Hayhurst, director of denominational and public relations for GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention®April 15, 2020

With the COVID-19 crisis impacting the global economy, and with it the budgets of churches and ministries, GuideStone will host a webcast on Tuesday, April 21, to discuss the implications for churches.

The coronavirus is serious and shouldn’t be dismissed, especially by older adults. Those of us who are older have faced other pandemics, but the church stayed on her knees in prayer and we came through it stronger than when we started.

While the market moves and minute-by-minute headlines on cable news and social media can be alarming, David Spika, chief strategic investment officer of GuideStone, indicated that volatility witnessed this week in the market at this point of the economic cycle would be expected.

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to rescind a deadline established nearly 50 years ago for a constitutional amendment a Southern Baptist Convention entity says would threaten the sanctity of human life and freedom of conscience.